I'm planning to use my leap year day to restart my failed New Year's resolutions. If yours included "get married" and "go green" this year, then today's your day. Be proactive––ask someone to marry you (it's traditional to do so today), and buy yourself a bloody fabulous but ecologically responsible diamond while you're at it. The worst he/she can say is no, and that's not so bad. A 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland levied fines if a woman's marriage proposal was refused––compensation ranged from a kiss to a silk gown. Be sure to invoke that part of the tradition too!

You could write an ode, take a full page ad in the paper, advertise your love on the big screen at a ballpark (though no one will be there to see it in February), or just keep it sweet with this hand cast resin pendant embedded with sprinkles and a conversational candy heart that says "Marry me." This proposal is short and sweet so you don't have to waste time with niceties (or introductions). Cute guy on the train? "Marry me!" Hot guy at the bar? "Marry me!" Guy who grabbed your butt in the elevator? "Marry me!"

If you plan to assume the oldie but goodie proposal position, be sure to prep your poor knees first. The classic bent knee proposal is frequently carried out in a "romantic" location (cozy restaurant, under a starlit sky, beach, etc.) and while you are shamelessly prostrating yourself at the knees of your beloved, your own knees may be shamefully banged up on the grimy floor, gravelly road, or gritty sand beneath them. Love often has us on our knees so why not invest in a pair of kneepad socks? The fetching shade of red doubles as fair warning of your intentions to pitch woo!